The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome.

Archaeologists and restorers working at the Roman catacombs of St. Tecla on Tuesday announced the discovery of the world’s oldest known paintings of the apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and John.

On Tuesday, Vatican archaeologists announced the image of Paul was not found in isolation, but was part of a square ceiling painting that also included icons of three other apostles — Peter ...

The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials ...

Rome - Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles. The images in a branch of the ...

ROME -- Vatican officials unveiled the paintings today, discovered in a burial chamber beneath a working-class Rome neighborhood. ... the first known icons of the apostles Peter and Paul. ...

(ANSA) - Rome, June 22 - Archaeologists and restorers working at the Roman catacombs of Saint Tecla announced on Tuesday they had found the world's oldest paintings of the apostles Peter, Paul ...

Eleven paintings depicting the apostles are present on the façade of the organ balcony; these were the last to be painted, concluding the cycle in 1968. A protective coating was applied on the ...

The full-face icons include visages of St. Peter, St. Andrew, and St. John, who were among Jesus' original 12 apostles, and St. Paul, who became an apostle after Christ's death.

Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest ... St Andrew, and St John, who were among Jesus' original 12 apostles, and St Paul, ...